JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<a href="#">Test</a>

JavaScript

jQuery.fn.equals = function(selector) { 
    return jQuery(this).get(0)==jQuery(selector).get(0); 
};

$(function() {
    $("a").click(function() {
      alert("a" + $(this).equals(this) );
    });
});